Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,423 UK employment tribunal cases involving whistleblowing claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,492 (the largest £920,302) across 587 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,763 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 6,113 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,388 | 54% |
| Struck out | 654 | 15% |
| Other | 516 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |
| Upheld | 375 | 8% |
| Settled | 8 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 186 | |
| 2019 | 829 | |
| 2020 | 1,116 | |
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 736 | |
| 2023 | 769 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 775 | |
| 2026 | 464 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | £920,302 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 2203888/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Ms L Bone (Counsel) For the | — | £200,000 |
| 3200557/2016 | 31 May 2018 | Mr A Dogra | Acetrip Limited | £124,659 |
| 3301843/2020 | 19 January 2024 | Mr M Magee, Counsel For the | — | £122,654 |
| 6010549/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Andrew Palmer | Aqua Lane Limited | £122,426 |
| 2302047/2022 | 1 March 2023 | Mr I Turner | Tower Demolition (Holdings) Ltd1 (company number 07747685) | £121,602 |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | £99,169 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1306627/2019 | 3 February 2021 | Ms. Lanre Fagbe First | Allegis Group Limited Second Respondent: Santander UK plc Third Respondent: Mr. Amrick Singh Thandi PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1800509/2020 | 3 February 2021 | Mr J Singh | Manpower UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3311947/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Ms M Nicholas | Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | England & Wales | — |
| 2500134/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr Frank Elliot | Tyne Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806682/2020 | 2 February 2021 | Mr D Cowley | Jade Insulation Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2403141/2018 | 2 February 2021 | Dr Ambreen Malik | CAS Behavioural Health Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1600499/2020 | 1 February 2021 | Miss S Holland | Lumina Investments Limited Heard: via video |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the whistleblowing caseload if whistleblowingis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| 15 | Transport for London | 8 |
| 16 | Lancashire County Council | 7 |
| 17 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 7 |
| 18 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 7 |
| 19 | London Borough of Newham | 7 |
| 20 | Serco Limited | 7 |
| England & Wales |
| £3,693 |
| 3335409/2018 | 31 January 2021 | In person. For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2202818/2020 | 29 January 2021 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1304417/2020 | 29 January 2021 | Miss H Shaw | Voyage 1 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2601745/2020 | 29 January 2021 | Mrs M Lopacinska | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3314128/2019 | 29 January 2021 | Mr B Dumbrill | Hexcel Composites Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 4100852/2020 | 28 January 2021 | Ms F Finlayson | Limited (in Liquidation) | Scotland | £31,600 |
| 2306525/2020 | 27 January 2021 | — | Hyde Housing Association Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403938/2018 | 27 January 2021 | - MR J MCMAHON FOR THE | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100406/2020 | 26 January 2021 | Member J Lindsay Tribunal Member G McKay Mr M Harkness | McDonald’s Restaurants Limited | Scotland | — |
| 3313742/2019 | 26 January 2021 | Mr Simon Morley | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Heard: By CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2416613/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Mr M Daley | The Nursery Kitchen Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1802857/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mrs S Mogane | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £19,046 |
| 2401727/2020 | 25 January 2021 | Mr S Walker (solicitor) For the | Ms L Lawrence (head of operations for the respondent) | England & Wales | — |
| 2502583/2019 | 25 January 2021 | Ms A Limmer | Ncfe | England & Wales | — |
| 2302555/2019 | 24 January 2021 | Mr Lamina, Lay representative (for part of the hearing) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1601679/2020 | 22 January 2021 | Mrs S Jones | Barleybind Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402550/2020 | 22 January 2021 | Ms D Hickey | My Space Housing Solutions | England & Wales | — |
| 2418519/2020 | 22 January 2021 | Mr J Freeman | Westgrove Support Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2203102/2019 | 21 January 2021 | Mr J Susskind, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2301171/2018 | 21 January 2021 | In person For the | Mr G Hine, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 2601727/2020 | 21 January 2021 | Mr A Hughes | G. F. Tomlinson Building Ltd & others | England & Wales | — |
| 2406160/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Miss L Reside- Robb | Breathe Therapies Eating Disorder Help & Wellbeing Services | England & Wales | — |
| 1403921/2019 | 20 January 2021 | Ian Gilmore | Streetscene Addiction Recovery | England & Wales | — |
| 1802907/2020 | 20 January 2021 | Ms. P Hussain | Calderdale College | England & Wales | — |
| 3303854/2020 | 19 January 2021 | Mrs S Hunt | DM Operating Bars Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2415427/2018 | 18 January 2021 | Mrs P Day | Bee Hive (NW) Limited and others | England & Wales | — |
| 3321956/2019 | 18 January 2021 | Mr D Lyons | Interserve Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502292/2019 | 17 January 2021 | Mr M Kassem | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3313840/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mr D Bolton | Maxim Services Group Limited (in administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 1403014/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr S Moran | PGL Travel Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502880/2019 | 15 January 2021 | Mr S Davis | Helen Geldard Heard by CVP at: Newcastle upon Tyne | England & Wales | £1,000 |
| 2300055/2020 | 15 January 2021 | Mr J Reus | Maris Interiors LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2400799/2020 | 14 January 2021 | Mr D Cavanaugh | Folsana Pressed Sections Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3314273/2021 | 13 January 2021 | Ms S. Messi | Manpower UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301867/2020 | 13 January 2021 | Ms R Suri | Oxygen Technical Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £7,770 |
| 1400462/2020 | 11 January 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3307907/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mrs K Cool | Oxford Aviation Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301836/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Mr C Husbands | And Tesco Stores Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806298/2020 | 11 January 2021 | Miss S Head | Mach Recruitment Limited | England & Wales | £1,865 |
| 2603287/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mrs D Spencer | Unison Leicestershire Health Branch | England & Wales | — |
| 1401128/2020 | 8 January 2021 | Mrs P Al Said | Bath Spa University PRELIMINARY HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1801143/2020 | 8 January 2021 | in person (his partner, Ms Dixon, also in attendance) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1404977/2019 | 8 January 2021 | Mr M Tonge | Student Union @ Bournemouth University | England & Wales | — |